Tag: Timo BOLL
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Ma Long & Timo Boll to Team up at 2015 World Table Tennis Championships
Lausanne, Feb 26, 2015: China’s MA Long and Germany’s Timo BOLL have announced that they will be playing doubles together at the Qoros 2015 World Table Tennis Championships to be held in Suzhou, China from 26 April to 3 May 2015. MA and BOLL are the first high profile mixed association doubles pair to be…
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Record Number of Teams to Compete
Lausanne, Mar 10, 2014: A record 125 associations submitted their final entry to compete in Tokyo at the ZEN-NOH 2014 ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championship on 28 April to 5 May 2014. The 125 countries include 120 men’s and 100 women’s teams who will be battling it out to be crowned the best table…
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ITTF World Tour to be broadcasted on Eurosport
Lausanne, Feb 07, 2014: The GAC Group 2014 ITTF World Tour will be shown live throughout Europe after TMS International, the International Table Tennis Federation’s Marketing Partner, concluded a deal with Eurosport. Eurosport will broadcast the six World Tour Super Series events and the 1-million-dollar World Tour Grand Finals. This means 131 million households in…
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China’s XU Xin earned the title of LIEBHERR 2013
Verviers – Belgium, Oct 27, 2013: China’s XU Xin earned the title of LIEBHERR 2013 Men’s World Cup Champion after beating Belarusian Vladimir SAMSONOV 4-1 (11-6, 12-14, 11-8, 11-9, 11-7) in Verviers, Belgium. The 23 year old, whose victory here is his first at a major World Title event (Olympics, World Championships and World Cups)…
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Ovtcharov & Li Claim Maiden European Titles
Schwechat – Austria, Oct 14, 2013: Dimitrij OVTCHAROV (GER) and Fen LI (SWE) are the respective men’s and women’s champions at the LIEBHERR 2013 European Championships which concluded today in Schwechat, Austria. The London 2012 bronze medalist OVTCHAROV showed nerves of steel in the final, as he powered past three-time champion Vladimir SAMSONOV (BEL) 4-0…
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LIU Breaks Ning’s 22-Month Streak as World #1
Lausanne, Sept 6, 2013: LIU Shiwen (CHN) is table tennis’s new women’s world number one, knocking her team mate DING Ning (CHN) off top spot, which she had held for a record 22 months. The 22 year old, who last held the number one spot back in October 2010 as a fresh-faced 19 year old,…
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Scholarships at LIEBHERR World Table Tennis
Lausanne, Jan 29, 2013: The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is offering two (2) scholarships for journalists to attend the LIEBHERR 2013 World Table Tennis Championships in Paris from May 13th to May 20th 2013. It is an opportunity to gain knowledge of table tennis and the International Table Tennis Federation. Each candidate will have…
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European Experience Versus Chinese Excellence
Liverpool – England, Sept 28, 2012: Chinese Excellence, Germany’s Timo BOLL and Vladimir SAMSONOV of Belarus are the two previous winners, who are on duty at the LIEBHERR Men’s World Cup which starts on Friday 28th September 2012 in the spacious Echo Arena in the English city of Liverpool. Timo BOLL won in 2002 and three…
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ITTF World Tour Harmony China Open
Suzhou – China, August 25, 2012: Bronze medallists at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Germany’s Timo BOLL and Singapore’s FENG Tianwei, were beaten in the second round of the respective Men’s and Women’s Singles events at the GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour Harmony China Open in Suzhou on Friday 24th August. Both suffered against…
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HK team enters the Semifinals beating Japan
London – GBR, August 05, 2012: Japan are through to Tuesdy’s final after beating Singapore 3-0 and will win at least a silver medal. Ai FUKUHARA (JPN) set Japan on their way in the first match, showing her strength close to the table by beating women’s singles bronze medallist FENG Tianwei (SIN) 3-1. Kasumi ISHIKAWA…